Opinion pieces

  • Liberalizar para protegerse mejor, by Katinka Barysch
    Cinco Dias, 07 November 2007

    El respaldo a los planes para liberalizar el mercado del gas es la mejormanera de aliviar el temor al creciente papel de Gazprom en Europa, según la autora, que se sumaal Debate Abiertosobre los límites de laUE a la inversión extranjera. Ensu opinión, separar las redes evitaría el abuso de compañías integradas verticalmente.

  • A new deal with Russia?, by Charles Grant
    Prospect, 01 November 2007

    "The Soviet Union was easier to deal with than Russia is today," says a senior French diplomat. "Sometimes the Soviets were difficult, but you knew they were being obstructive in order to achieve an objective. Now Russia seeks to block the west systematically on every subject, apparently without a purpose."

  • Poland's position, by Katinka Barysch
    The Guardian, 23 October 2007

    The departure of one half of the Kaczynski twins is good news for Poland's economy and for EU harmony. But those hoping for radical change may be disappointed.

  • The exit beckons for Britain, by Charles Grant
    New Statesman, 18 October 2007

    As EU leaders gathered for their latest summit, Britain's Euro sceptics fired their heavy artillery rounds. The Conservatives, the Sun, Mail and Telegraph whipped themselves into a fury, convinced that if they took their analysis of the EU reform treaty to new hyperbolic heights, they could force the government to offer a referendum.

  • Why all the angst?, by Hugo Brady
    The Guardian, 18 October 2007

    As EU leaders meet to agree a new reform treaty in Lisbon this week, I am struck by the level of angst in Britain over what, to my mind, represents a fantastic negotiating success.

  • What impact will the EU reform treaty have?, by Hugo Brady
    Financial Times, 17 October 2007

    The European Union’s 27 member states expect to approve a ”reform treaty” in Lisbon on Friday, whose birth pangs have caused the bloc perhaps more distress than any episode in its 50-year history.

  • Europe's carbon market needs a policeman, by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 28 September 2007

    Leaders from across the world met this week at the United Nations in New York to discuss how to combat climate change. Europeans rightly queued up to criticise the US for refusing to cap emissions of greenhouse gases.

  • A newly confident Turkey is starting to bridge the gap, by Katinka Barysch
    Financial Times, 12 September 2007

    Sir,

    Geoffrey Wheatcroft rejects David Miliband's arguments for keeping the European Union's door open for Turkey ("Structural flaws in Miliband's Turkish bridge", September 10). Like most critics of Turkish accession, he argues that the country is too big, too poor and too Muslim. Like most critics, he is short-sighted.